Description
The Better Find and Replace – AI-Powered Suggestions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized API usage due to a missing capability check on the rtafar_ajax() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access, to trigger OpenAI API key usage resulting in quota consumption potentially incurring cost.
Problem types
CWE-285 Improper Authorization
Product status
* (semver)
Timeline
| 2025-10-28: | Vendor Notified |
| 2025-11-05: | Disclosed |
Credits
Adrian Lukita
References
www.wordfence.com/...-d72f-4e87-a087-c5c38bd727e5?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/.../actions/RTAFAR_CustomAjax.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...ctions%2FRTAFAR_CustomAjax.php